Tokyo 2020 - The Radioactive Olympics

In 2020, Japan is inviting athletes from around the world to take part in the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. We are hoping for the games to be fair and peaceful. At the same time, we are worried about plans to host baseball and softball competitions in Fukushima City, just 50 km away from the ruins of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. It was here, in 2011, that multiple nuclear meltdowns took place, spreading radioactivity across Japan and the Pacific Ocean – a catastrophe comparable only to the nuclear meltdown of Chernobyl.

"Tokyo 2020 - The Radioactive Olympics"

International campaign launched by physicians

Tomorrow in one year, on March 26 2020, the Olympic torch relay will start in the radioactively contaminated Fukushima Prefecture. This is why tomorrow, a group of anti-nuclear oranizations in Germany, Switzerland, France and Japan will launch an international information campaign entitled „Tokyo 2020 - The Radioactive Olympics”. The campaign will focus on the ongoing radioactive contamination of parts of Japan due to the nuclear catastrope of Fukushima, which began eight years ago.

Letter to National Olympic Committees

Become active and write to your National Olympic Committee

Become active and write a letter to your National Olympic Committee. The letter describes the thoughts behind our campaign and ends with an offer to enter a constructive dialogue and inform the athletes about the situation in Fukushima and ongoing health risks from radioactive contamination. Similar letters have been sent out to the International Olympic Committee and the German National Olympic Committee. We would welcome it, if you want to take this letter, adapt it to your needs, perhaps translate it and send it to your own National Olympic Committee.